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2011 Japan circuit ranking
with no any national team A players, Minatsu finally get the ws title!! ^^

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First time I'm seeing Minatsu playing badminton. Her actions are really very animated. More importantly, her arm can move especially fast. She swings her racquet like a whip. I think she has the makings of a champion.

What does she scream out with her cute little high pitch voice in between the points? First I didn't think it was her doing that, but near the end, you can see her lips sync with the sound.

She isn't mouthing any intelligible words, lol. I have heard that exact same whine from female players in other sports too, as well as many different variations of it. They usually start the habit very early in their playing life, and I believe it's a shortened version of 'Come on Baby', which probably takes too much effort to say so many times.

She isn't mouthing any intelligible words, lol. I have heard that exact same whine from female players in other sports too, as well as many different variations of it. They usually start the habit very early in their playing life, and I believe it's a shortened version of 'Come on Baby', which probably takes too much effort to say so many times.

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the players are actually communicating with each other; It's not making noise for no reason.
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No, I'm sure they are not communicating -___-;;

The strange yet consistent noise came from Mina alone, which means, it was simply a battle howl for herself.

Can you imagine her opponent has the obligation to "reply" her howl every time she makes the sound? Not many would comply to this.

The interesting thing is Mina seems to have the potential to be a ventriloquist, only revealing lips movement from mid-game onward. Then again, I guess one does not need too much lip movement to say "YE" or "AH".

The strange yet consistent noise came from Mina alone, which means, it was simply a battle howl for herself.

Can you imagine her opponent has the obligation to "reply" her howl every time she makes the sound? Not many would comply to this.

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Not only the JPN women "reply" to each other in this manner. We can also see that the KOR women also "reply" to the JPN women in the same manner (similar custom ???). This usually happens in Womens Singles matches.
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The strange yet consistent noise came from Mina alone, which means, it was simply a battle howl for herself.

The interesting thing is Mina seems to have the potential to be a ventriloquist, only revealing lips movement from mid-game onward. Then again, I guess one does not need too much lip movement to say "YE" or "AH".

Yes, I suppose she can consider ventriloquism for an alternate career, should she not succeed in her primary one playing badminton. But I seriously doubt she will need to, considering how fast her arm can move . There are probably more sounds than just the simple "AH". I'm sure I picked up "HA", "MA" and even a "PA". Seriously. Though it's rather difficult to tell from her lip movements. But "MA" seems to be the most uttered, and "HA" when she is pleased in winning a point. So I reckon "MA" is supposed to stand for "Come on Baby", and "HA" for "Yea Baby!" You can always ask her to spell it out for you the next time she goes to play in ۩۞۩ .

Originally Posted by blindfury

The strange yet consistent noise came from Mina alone, which means, it was simply a battle howl for herself.

LOL, it sounds like a polite battle mew, compared to some of the Chinese girls. Or rather more like a monotonous drone. But whatever, you can't fault her for being too cute. I can understand why you're madly in lover with her .